Steam pumpkin pau

Another midnight cooking while everyone is asleep. The pau itself is so yummy and fluffy that LO and myself enjoyed it tremendously. The pumpkin I bought was really sweet so I may just skip the sugar in my next attempt.

The pau recipe was adapted from this website:  Happy Home Baking 

Get your arms ready for some serious kneading! I did about 30 min of that.

Steamed Pumpkin Pau

Ingredients

300g Hong Kong pau flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp instant yeast

30g caster sugar

160ml water

1 tbsp vegetable oil

300g pumpkin paste (see below)

Method

Sieve Hong Kong pau flour, baking powder and add in yeast, sugar and mix well.

Make a well in the centre of the flour mixture, add in water and mix to form a dough. Transfer dough onto a lightly floured work surface. Knead dough until it becomes smooth (approx 5 mins).

Knead in the vegetable oil and continue to knead for another 10-15 mins or until the dough becomes smooth and elastic. 

Take a piece of dough  (about the size of a table tennis ball) and stretch it, you should be able to stretch it  to a fairly thin membrane without tearing off easily, if not continue to knead for another 5 to 10mins.

Roll dough into a smooth round, place in a lightly greased mixing bowl, cover with cling wrap and let it proof for about 15 mins.

Punch down the dough and knead a bit to release the trapped air bubbles. Divide the dough into small balls. 

Flatten each dough into a small disc with your palm , make the edges thinner and the centre portion thicker. Wrap each dough with pumpkin paste. Pinch and seal the seams. Place dough seam side down on a square piece of parchment paper. Cover loosely with cling wrap and leave buns to proof for 20-25 mins.

Place buns in a steamer and space them apart so that they do not touch one another. Steam at medium to high heat for 12 min.

Remove immediately and serve warm. Keep any leftovers in fridge (covered with cling wrap or store in airtight containers) and re-steam.

Pumpkin Paste

Ingredient 

300g pumpkin (steamed) 

30g sugar 

1 tsp corn flour

Method

C ook mashed pumpkin,  Sugar and corn flour till it thickens. Form into balls and chill till time to use.

For my version, it was too wet despite using 2 tbsp corn flour so I was not able to form into balls. I just wrapped the pau with the liquid filling .Hehehhe